Improved boot-crimper



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Letters PatentN.97,944, detect December 14, 1869; antedaterl December 4, 1869.

01+ KEOK'UK, IOWA.

IMPROVBD BOOT-CRIMPER.

o-4q-b The Schedule referred to in these Letters Paitent and making part of the same.

T0 all whom 't may concern:

B e it known that l, FREMAN I. MAROY, of Ke0- kuk, Iowa, have made a new and useful invention of Improved Apparatus for Use in Manufactura of Boots; and I do hereby declare the following to be 'a full, clear, and exact description thereof,:reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of a part, on line av x. Figure 3 is a like section of another part on same This invention is an improved apparatus, for use in preparing front uppers, in manufacturing boots, designed to doa certain part of work better than heretofore, and to save a number of app1iances required therefor. r

lt is made as shown and set forth.

The front uppers of boots, either after or. without breaking, are placed on a proper-shaped board, or former, A, similar to that usually'employed.

This board is theu.placed in a vise, B, and a hook,

G, is brought over the top of it, and by this it is.

drawn down into the vise by a foot-lever, D, to which Y This is to draw and press out the upper, and leave no wrinkles in it, and to hold it during the whole Operation.

Now, two sets of jaws, E and F, are attached, one on each side, to the back of the upper, as the cam (lr rests on the back of board A,-- the jaws being attached to, and swi hging from the axis M of the cam.

.lhe cam has a hand-lever, H, of which it forms part. This is prcssed down by hand, and, by the cam,

draws the jaws, forcihly causing them to close upon, and draws the upper with great power, stretching it, to give -it a permanent set, by removng the elasticity so that the ordinary tackiug will hold to the board without the great number of heel-sorews to the form-boards, usually required, thercby dispensing with their entire number, to a great saving, while doing the work better.

Screws and jaws have been used, heretofore, at the point of "heel, but they were limited in their effect, and each was a fixture toa single board or form,

'while this can be applied at all points of the back,

hee], and foot, and one set will serve for the whole use of a workman.

Simple.pirrcers and a ruhbing-Stick have completed the process which this cam, vise, and pincers now complete to better advantage.

The vise B is formed of two side-boards b b, at a proper distance apart, and with a proper-shaped spaoe between them, somewhat wedgeshaped, s0 that the board A can be tightly drawn down between them during the operation.

These jaws, b b, are kept at a proper distance by I The jaws have notches, suitable for holding. The

whole swinging freely on pivots, M M, allows the cam to be turned by handle H.

Several of the parts admit of modifioation. What I claim, is y 1. The hand-lever H and cam Gr, combined with the jaws E and 1 made and adapted to use, substautially as set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of vise B, hook C, jaws E F, cam Gr, and lever H, substantially as herein set forth.,

F. P. MARCY.

\Vitnesses: SAMUEL J ACOB WALLACE,

J om: H. DAY. 

